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Perinatal Study in Tientsin: 1978
Author(s) -
Lyle Katherine Ch'iu,
Segal Sheldon J.,
Chang Chihcheng,
Ch'ien Lichuan
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1980.tb00497.x
Subject(s) - medicine , obstetrics
Clinical records of a total of 3320 singleton births, representing the year 1978, at the two Tientsin Medical College Hospitals, Tientsin, People's Republic of China, were studied to ascertain (a) reproductive parameters such as the average age of the mothers at first and successive births and (b) the relationships between perinatal deaths, prematurity and birth weight and the mother's age, number of previous pregnancies, parity, maternal conditions in the prenatal and delivery period and operative procedures of delivery.